Pinch Pot Puppies

  2nd grade made these adorable Puppy Pinch Pots. This was a 2 Day project. 1 Day to glaze

Day 1: students learned how to make a pinch pot.

Day 2. students used slab building to create a puppy face lid. To start each student was given 1 large slab of clay. They gently flipped their dry pinch pot over and traced around the lip. Then they cut out the form.

Using water they smoothed out the edges.  Using the left over clay, I showed students how to create the muzzle and eyes for their puppy by forming spheres and flattening them. Then they used  tooth brushes to score and slip each form in place. Last students  create and attach the ears to the back of the lid.  

Old pencils worked great to crave in details like the mouth. Old markers helped to stamp eyes. I think they turned out pretty cute!

I always allow the ceramic work to sit out for a week or 2 to get very bone dry before firing. 

Usually most, if not all, work survive the kiln. Students get so attached to their ceramic work.

Classes used the glaze that was available at the time. We had Crystal magic and few colors of Mayco Stroke & Coat Glaze.  Students had fun mixing the few colors of glaze we had to create new colors for the muzzle, nose, eyes etc. 

They could not wait to take their work home.

Each pinch pot is as unique as the little artist!

Wonderful!

All together they made an adorable display😍

Emoji Softies

 4th Grade Emoji Softies

Students have  been busy learning to sew and make their very own emoji softies. They created these cute softies out of felt, yarn, and polyfil. Students learned how to do a basic running stitch and a catch stitch. Students used tapestry needles to sew with. They did take a short cut and tacky glued the face on to their softies. 

Students along the way learned more about Soft Sculpture as an art form and Pop Art. . We looked at different soft sculpture artists like Red Grooms "Subway,"  Cales Oldenburg's "Floor burger," and  Jan Haworth's "Donuts, coffee, and cup". We discussed  if these sculptures could be considered Pop Art symbols and what Popular Culture is and what symbols are used in every day life ...

 I can not express how much my students enjoyed making these softies. They had such a blast learning to sew that each student made 2 different emoji softies!